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HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act

Introduced: March 9, 2005 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 9, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 9, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2392-2393)
Mar 9, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity.
What's happening now March 9, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2793 Related bill HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act
  • HR 4289 Identical bill HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 24, 2006
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 11, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 577: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-577/
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"S. 577: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-577/.
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S. 577, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-577/.
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